The Roar of the Tigress
The real self-defense for women only by Danny Gwira
Goju is: “The art of knowing how, where, why and when to fight or not to fight. Knowing whether or not you can win and get away with it, defending your body, family, property, dignity, integrity, self-esteem, reputation, and country in the process. The ability to withstand both mental and physical pain, when coupled with extremely effective combat techniques, makes Goju the most realistic and potentially dangerous system in the world.”
BRIEF HISTORY OF GOJU
In the early part of this century an Okinawan master called Chojun Miyagi lectured and taught his art Gojuryu at Kyoto Imperial University, introducing the Japanese to both the hard and soft elements of a style of Karate known as GOJU. Ju means fifty in Okinawan. 50 diversified hard and soft techniques of hand and foot strikes form the basis of Gojuryu. By 1930 when Professor Gogen Yamaguchi organised the first Goju federation, Goju had become thoroughly japanese. In 1955, Master Peter Urban, after long study in Japan with Yamaguchi, Oyama and Richard Kim, brought the Goju style to the United States and organised the first American Federation of Goju stylists under the title U.S.A. Goju. Masters Frank Ruiz and Harry Rosenstein, disciples of Master Urban, broke off from the parent organisation in 1965 to start the Nisei Goju system (Nisei means second generation). In 1973, Ron Van Clief founded and organised Chinese Goju in America. Chinese Goju is a further development in the martial arts in the United States since it incorporates the diversity of many related martial arts around the central core of the Goju style. Chinese Goju is a total martial arts concept combining Eastern and Western philosophies. It combines Chinese and Japanese ideology with American ingenuity, teaching fluidity and flexibility of both mind and body for full human development. (Culled from Manual of Martial Arts by Ron Van Clief).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Goju (real name, Danny Gwira) is the Founder and Chief Instructor of the survival systems African Goju and South American Goju, and the dance exercise Gojurobics. He started his combat training with boxing and fencing in 1962 in the UK. He continued with Judo, Jujitsu, Tae-kwondo, Shotokan, Chinese Goju, Kempo, Kyokushinkai and Wadoryu. He became a professor of Martial Arts Education in 1987, after studying at the University of Martial Arts and Science in the USA under the tutelage of Grandmaster Ron Van Clief. He is the owner of the Martial Arts Institute www.africangoju.com, www.africangoju.net and www.gojurecords.com.
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He is also a songwriter and the author of published by SBPRA.com and available on Amazon. He is single and lives in Ireland but travels extensively spreading his art form around the world.
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Goju (real name, Danny Gwira) is the Founder and Chief Instructor of the survival systems African Goju and South American Goju, and the dance exercise Gojurobics. He started his combat training with boxing and fencing in 1962 in the UK. He continued with Judo, Jujitsu, Tae-kwondo, Shotokan, Chinese Goju, Kempo, Kyokushinkai and Wadoryu. He became a professor of Martial Arts Education in 1987, after studying at the University of Martial Arts and Science in the USA under the tutelage of Grandmaster Ron Van Clief. He is the owner of the Martial Arts Institute www.africangoju.com, www.africangoju.net and www.gojurecords.com.
